Thursday, November 6, 2014

I have successfully
completed all the main quests for Belsavis. Now the storyline moves
forward and directs me to a planet known as Voss. In addition, I
unlocked a bonus questline for Hoth. I don't know if I will go and
do these extra quests, but they are good to have around as an option
in the event I need to level up before I can proceed with a main
story quest.

A strange quest on Belsavis involving an imprisoned alien from the Infinite Empire.

Before going to Voss, I went
to the Imperial Fleet to buy some upgrades for my armor and
lightsaber. Due to the flashpoint daily bonuses and the quests I
have been doing, I had a large pile of planetary commendations to
spend. Now I can head to the next planet with some better stats, and
have a slight edge as I take on more challenging enemies.

Voss itself is a beautiful,
strange planet. The trees, plants, and grass all seem like they are
in some sort of eternal autumn. It is a beautiful combination of
nature with old ruins and “modern” Voss civilization. There are
many a familiar looking creature on the planet itself, but I
currently have a bit of a level advantage so there is nothing that
has proven to be much of a threat yet.

The locals are a little unusual, but Voss is a beautiful planet.

Voss is a neutral territory,
with the Empire and Republic butting heads over it in an attempt to
claim it and the indigenous people as allies. It has something to do
with the Voss being force sensitive and having the power to see the
future. Of course, all of this is irrelevant in the long term given
that all of this occurs thousands of years before the movies. Also,
there seems to be a great deal of debate as to if anything beyond the
movies is still canon now that Disney has taken over the Star Wars
franchise.

Given that the original
level cap for SWTOR was level 50, I imagine I am near the end of my
class storyline. I am level 47 and it seems like I don't have much
longer to go before I reach the end. I don't know if there are any
new class quests for the first expansion, but I really doubt it given
that Bioware's budget likely got massive cuts when the game went free
to play.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

I apologize for the lack of updates on
this article. I've been a bit busy lately with a lot of personal IRL
stuff. So now I'm going to try and catch up on what has been going
on in my return to Star Wars: The Old Republic. At the time of
writing this I am currently level 43 and am gradually working my way
through the story for my Sith Warrior.

Day 3, Entry 1:

I finally got a chance to check out the
group finder tool. I got a group for a flashpoint that appeared to
scale with the level of players in the group. Anyone from level 15
to 55 or so appears to be able to sign up and get a daily planetary
commendation bonus. The other dungeons that have a level range for
normal mode reward more commendations but it seems to be difficult to
get a group for those.

My group in that particular flashpoint as we fight the last boss.

My group consisted of three DPS (damage
per second) and one healer. The run through that particular
flashpoint was more or less flawless. I didn't get any noteworthy
loot, but I got a great deal of experience points. Every time I've
done a flashpoint with a group, I have managed to level up. The
flashpoint experience boost in the legacy system also helps you level
faster. This would be a great way to level up and possibly stay
ahead of the curve in terms of the level requirement for quests. Of
course, my luck with getting groups is inconsistent which is the only
flaw in that plan.

I wish there was a way to determine how
far away a quest objective is in relation to your current position.
I was trying to head to a quest objective, thinking it was going to
be in a local bunker like it usually is. Almost fifteen minutes
later, I was nearly on the other side of the Belsavis map and still I
had no idea where the marker for my next story quest was taking me.
At the very least, I managed to find a “Quest Hub” that I could
unlock and teleport to with quick travel if needed.

I was browsing the cartel market
earlier and found a vehicle that was on sale. It cost me nearly all
my cartel coins, but it seems to be worth it. Not only is it a cool
looking vehicle, but it also provides more protection from getting
knocked off and stunned. I've included a screenshot of this new
vehicle below.

Finally got a speeder bike at long last. ^_^

I'll add more entries as I have things
worth mentioning. As of right now I have a long way to go before I
reach any end game content or expansion stuff. Given the upcoming
release of the Master Chief Collection and World of Warcraft:
Warlords of Draenor, I doubt I will be able to reach level 55 in time
for the upcoming expansion.